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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
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While

0 You gotta spend money to make money, Dominic. If we increase productivity and marketing 01u00while02u00 our competitors retreat, when the 01u00sector02u00 bounces back...we'll corner the market.02br
00I can't understand this. This "while" is giving me trouble. Does the sentence mean "If we increase productivity and marketing 01b00then 02b00our competitors will retreat"?02br
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0. . 02br 02br 00A 01i 01u 00sector02u 02i 00 is a piece of pie, as in a pie chart.

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  • 02br 02br 00A 01i 01u 00sector02u 02i 00 is a piece of pie, as in a pie chart.
  • It refers here to that particular "section" of the market in which the competing companies specialize.
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0. . . if we expand 01i01u00at the same time02u02i00 our competitors contract The suggestion presumes that the competition is already in retreat.02br
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00A 01i01u00sector02u02i00 is a piece of pie, as in a pie chart. It refers here to that particular "section" of the market in which the competi
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0 So that means that they'll corner the market when they get their money back, right?0-
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01cite10Madhulk12cite10 So that means that they'll corner the market when they get their money back, right?12blockquote
10First, they position themselves with inventory and advertising. Second, the market sector, which is in decline, bounces back. (They just have to wait for this.) Third, they corner the market. Fourth,
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